Thai travel team joins SATTE

NEW DELHI, 18 January 2019: The Tourism Authority of Thailand led 70 Thai exhibitors to participate this week in the South Asia Travel and Tourism Exchange (SATTE 2019), the largest delegation ever to attend the trade event.

The annual trade show, the biggest in
India, will close on Friday, 19 January, at the India Expo Mart in Delhi.

Having attended the show for 11 years, Thailand mustered 70 exhibitors this time round including 28 hotels and resorts, 21 tour operators and travel agents, five airlines and 16 tourist attractions, and related agencies.

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn noted: “We
are very pleased with the strong turnout at SATTE this year. Indian buyers will
find an extensive range of products and facilities catering to many different
market segments. We also look forward to learning from our Indian friends and
partners on how we can expand our presence and brand image in emerging Indian
cities and markets.”

India is now one of the top 10 sources of visitor arrivals for Thailand, a member of a small club of countries that generate more than 1 million visitors a year. In January to November 2018, arrivals from India were up by 12.03% to 1.42 million, generating an estimated THB63 billion in tourism income.

Indian travellers are venturing beyond the Bangkok-Pattaya
circuit to new destinations such as, Chiang Rai, Rayong, Trat, Hua Hin and
Samut Songkhram.

In August this year, TAT will organise the Amazing Thailand Roadshow to secondary Indian cities; such as Ahmedabad, Pune, Amritsar and Bhubaneswar. The roadshow to these four cities, all of which have been given international gateway status by the Indian government, is part of TAT’s strategy to tap the rich potential of India’s populous secondary cities.